FORCIBLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does forcibly mean? 

• FORCIBLY (adverb)
  The adverb FORCIBLY has 1 sense:

1. in a forcible manner

  Familiarity information: FORCIBLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FORCIBLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a forcible manner

Context example:

keep in mind the dangers of imposing our own values and prejudices too forcibly

Pertainym:

forcible (impelled by physical force especially against resistance)

 Context examples 

The naked earth, which so shortly before had been so populous, thrust his loneliness more forcibly upon him.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

The general air of the place reminded me forcibly of the days when I lived with Mr. and Mrs. Micawber.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

It had been so forcibly driven against the jamb that part of the woodwork was splintered.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

But what struck me most forcibly was the total lack of sympathy on the part of the men whom I served.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The value of an event on a wet day in the country was most forcibly brought before her.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

It was a contrast which recommended him most forcibly to her mother.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

She represented to her sister as forcibly as possible what she felt on the subject, and had soon the pleasure of seeing its happy effect.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Harriet had not surmised her own danger, but the idea of it struck her forcibly.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

To burgle his house is no more than to forcibly take his pocketbook—an action in which you were prepared to aid me.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I threw the door forcibly open, as children are accustomed to do when they expect a spectre to stand in waiting for them on the other side; but nothing appeared.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)